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Bridging the Gap Between Secular and Spiritual: Mental Illness & Faith
Three distinguished panelists led a session at the 2015 NAMI National Convention in San Francisco discussing how to connect faith communities into the mental health space, and how spirituality can be an important aspect of the recovery process. -
Giving HUGS That Last Longer Than a Moment
One of the winners of last year's Connect4MentalHealth Innovation Awards, NAMI Collier County, shares the success they've had with their HUGS program. -
More Money for Research and No Major Cuts To Mental Health Programs In Budget Bills
This week the House and Senate Appropriations Committees passed overall good spending bills for mental health for 2016. -
New Report Shows Challenges Facing People With Serious Mental Illness Living on SSI
Nowhere in America are SSI benefits enough to rent your own apartment. Is there anything we can do to change that?
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Urge Congress To Invest In Research For New Treatments for Mental Illness
Tell your member of Congress to invest in research for new treatments for mental illness by co-sponsoring the 21st Century Cures Act (HR 6). -
21st Century Cures Bill Passes Committee
The House Energy & Commerce Committee passed 21st Century Cures on May 21— a bipartisan bill designed to push for the development of new therapies for diseases that are not being treated successfully. -
219 Patient Advocacy Organizations Push For Better Access to Care
NAMI joins a campaign to help make sure Health Insurance Marketplace plans have better patient protections. -
Supreme Court Leaves Open Key Issue on Police Approaches to People with Mental Illness
The U.S. Supreme Court today decided in City and County Of San Francisco v. Sheehan that police acted reasonably in a confrontation with Teresa Sheehan, a woman living with mental illness who wielded a knife, shooting her three times. Today’s decision leaves open the ADA question, which in fact may not need to be addressed if future tragedies can be averted. -
Tell Congress to Help New Veterans Keep the Mental Health Medications They Need!
The way things stand now, if you decide to transition out of service and into veteran status, your medication might not transfer with you. This is unacceptable. Contact your member of Congress and ask them to co-sponsor H.R. 2123 the Enhancing Veterans Access to Treatment Act. -
Cruel and Unusual – It’s Time to End an American Tragedy
Human Rights Watch released a report today, Callous and Cruel, that describes in chilling detail the degree to which “unnecessary, excessive, and even malicious force” is used in jails and prisons throughout the U.S. to control inmates with serious mental illness.